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Neisseria gonorrhoeae Modulates Iron-Limiting Innate Immune Defenses in Macrophages

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a strict human pathogen that causes the sexually transmitted infection termed gonorrhea. The gonococcus can survive extracellularly and intracellularly, but in both environments the bacteria must acquire iron from host proteins for survival. However, upon infection the host...

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Autores principales: Zughaier, Susu M., Kandler, Justin L., Shafer, William M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3905030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24489950
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087688